Ioannis Tsounis

The protopsaltis and choir director Ioannis V. Tsounis was born in Ermoupoli, Syros, in 1972. He works for the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece and is married with four children. Since 1984, he has been involved in European Music, and in 1988, he was introduced to the Art of Chanting by his teacher, the Protopsaltis of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, Mr. Apostolos Papadopoulos. In 1994, he continued his studies at the Athens Conservatory under the tutelage of Mr. Lazaros Kouzinopoulos and the late Protopsaltis Spyridon Peristeris. He obtained a Degree in Byzantine Music and a Diploma in Music Teaching from the National Conservatory. He collaborated with the traditional music teacher Aristidis Moschos and is a Professor of Byzantine Music at the Hellenic Conservatory.